Table of Contents: Health and Hunger in Southern West Virginia

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments/Introduction

A Word from the Pallottine Foundation of Huntington

Boone County: After the end of COVID-era benefits, people in Boone County still struggle with hunger by Sarah Davis

Cabell County: Children’s food insecurity in Cabell County, West Virginia by Brea Smith

Kanawha County: Health and hunger in Kanawha County after the COVID-19 pandemic by Victoria Ware

Lincoln County: Lincoln County’s fight against child hunger in the wake of COVID by Matthew Shaffer

Logan County: Child hunger in Logan County by Evan Green

Mingo County: Food insecurity in Mingo County after the pandemic by Alaina Laster Resources

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Acknowledgments

We sincerely thank the faculty and staff from Marshall University’s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications for working with us on this project. The students did a great job, and we’re thankful for their time and effort.

Thanks also to community stakeholders who were interviewed for this project. We appreciate their time, expertise, and all that they do to keep their communities healthy.

We’re grateful to the Pallottine Foundation of Huntington for its financial support of this project and for investing in community work that helps build a more sustainable food system in rural West Virginia.

Thanks to Cameron Keyser for serving as our Project Director.

Thanks to Carol Geletko for layout and design.

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